@ Stekke;
I WANT to hear what you say but I must be able to understand the meaning.
I think that's true of everyone here.
PLEASE, don't quit posting. Post in your language.
It's important to me to understand what everyone means, so important I have and use 4 different translators (I lied! I have 5) and I get 4 different versions to help me understand... Sometimes even that isn't enough.

Stekke wrote:Give me a break...professionals of English??? What country is...native of England...of USA...India...South Africa...Australia...Canada...commonwealth mistresses...so what???

it give us a chance to understand why a sentence sound weird !! (my native language is french, some time, i sound weird too)

ça nous donne une chance de comprendre pourquoi une phrase sonne bizarre !! (langue natale est le français et parfois mon anglais sonne bizarre)

LRM wrote:@ Stekke;
I WANT to hear what you say but I must be able to understand the meaning.
I think that's true of everyone here.
PLEASE, don't quit posting. Post in your language.
It's important to me to understand what everyone means, so important I have and use 4 different translators (I lied! I have 5) and I get 4 different versions to help me understand... Sometimes even that isn't enough.

I totally endorse what LRM says here. Don't let anyone put you off from posting and if you're not sure of the translation just say it in your own language.

For shorter comments you could also use translators to post versions in English, German and French as well. There are native speakers of all these languages in the Lagoon, so even if the English translation doesn't make sense it's possible that one of the others would.

I can also speak two languages.. English and Rubbish

He there Stekke

My first language is German. I am sure that my English is not perfect. But it is important that others know what I want to express. Will I not in English, then I write just in German. So please do not be frustrated. Take it easy, and let us know what you have to say. There is no reason to stay away from the lagoon ..

Ok. This is straying off topic but for my part I'm prepared to make allowances when English is not the first language, if I've a problem then I'll ask.